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["del stubbs" <pinewoodel@hotmail.com>]

Diane, soft and dark sounds like a ripe berry, I would add also one that is 
already seperating from the .....drat, forgot the name of the white inner 
part of a berry..... I have never tasted a sour one, except one so light 
pink and stuck on I had to yank to get it off. We get them ripening just 
fine with 50F day and 35F nights. Nothing is more subjsective than taste, 
but I compare all my other berries as 'having to match up to autumn bliss 
taste'. I wonder if you actually got autumn bliss, or if a bug had deposited 
something on it, or???  Del

> Del said that Autumn Bliss raspberry was a real treat.
>
> I planted Autumn Bliss last spring and was not expecting any fruit this 
> year.  However, one has a few large, dark red raspberries. I cut the 
> softest, darkest one so everyone could sample it. Sour!  I have never 
> tasted a sour raspberry before, so it was a surprise.
>
> Does Autumn Bliss require warm conditions to sweeten?  It was 30 C a few 
> days ago, but is now 20, with 10 at night.  Even in midsummer, we always 
> have cool nights.
>
> --
> Diane Whitehead  Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
> maritime zone 8
> cool mediterranean climate (dry summer, rainy winter - 68 cm annually)
> sandy soil
> _

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